TY - JOUR
T1 - Current controversies in spondyloarthritis
T2 - SPARTAN
AU - Weisman, Michael
AU - Learch, Thomas J.
AU - Baraliakos, Xenofon
AU - Chandran, Vinod
AU - Gladman, Dafna D.
AU - Raychaudhuri, Siba P.
AU - Xu, Huji
AU - Collantes-Estévez, Eduardo
AU - Vázquez-Mellado, Janitzia
AU - Mease, Philip J.
AU - Sieper, Joachim
AU - Deodhar, Atul A.
AU - Colbert, Robert A.
AU - Clegg, Daniel O.
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - The Spondyloarthritis Research and Therapy Network (SPARTAN), founded in 2003 to promote research, education, and treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and related forms of spondyloarthritis (SpA), held its 7th Annual Research and Education Meeting in July 2009 in Houston, Texas. Current controversies in SpA discussed during the meeting included an update on the epidemiology of AS, axial SpA, and inflammatory back pain; the adequacy of the mSASS to assess radiographic involvement; the helpfulness of magnetic resonance imaging in assessing disease progression; the reliability of metrology in assessing damage; and whether biologic agents alter the course of AS. Presentations also were made on psoriasis in the SCID mouse model; the challenges and opportunities of SpA in China; a discussion of the special needs in managing SpA in Ibero-America, and the SPARK Survey in Europe and North America. The Journal of Rheumatology
AB - The Spondyloarthritis Research and Therapy Network (SPARTAN), founded in 2003 to promote research, education, and treatment of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and related forms of spondyloarthritis (SpA), held its 7th Annual Research and Education Meeting in July 2009 in Houston, Texas. Current controversies in SpA discussed during the meeting included an update on the epidemiology of AS, axial SpA, and inflammatory back pain; the adequacy of the mSASS to assess radiographic involvement; the helpfulness of magnetic resonance imaging in assessing disease progression; the reliability of metrology in assessing damage; and whether biologic agents alter the course of AS. Presentations also were made on psoriasis in the SCID mouse model; the challenges and opportunities of SpA in China; a discussion of the special needs in managing SpA in Ibero-America, and the SPARK Survey in Europe and North America. The Journal of Rheumatology
KW - Ankylosing spondylitis
KW - Epidemiology
KW - Spondyloarthritis
KW - Spondyloarthropathies
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U2 - 10.3899/jrheum.100890
DO - 10.3899/jrheum.100890
M3 - Article
C2 - 21123334
AN - SCOPUS:78649743776
SN - 0315-162X
VL - 37
SP - 2617
EP - 2623
JO - Journal of Rheumatology
JF - Journal of Rheumatology
IS - 12
ER -